Microsoft: ‘Summer Of Arcade’ Very Successful

Fulfilling Microsoft’s E3 commitment to focus on "quality and not quantity," the Xbox Live Arcade has been inundated with a series fantastic games throughout the five weeks of their "Summer of Arcade" event — a promotion that seems to have worked brilliantly for the firm.

"There was a 58 percent increase in unique members purchasing titles, and August broke the monthly revenue high by 67 percent. August was also the first time that an Xbox LIVE Arcade game landed in the top 3
most-viewed pages on Xbox.com," Microsoft announced this morning.

"Castle Crashers, an adventure title that came to the service on Aug.
27, currently sits at the No. 1 spot for the Top 10 Xbox LIVE Arcade games being played on the service today," the company adds. "Braid, a puzzle-platformer released on Aug. 6 quickly climbed the charts to become the No. 1 highest-rated game of all time on Xbox LIVE Arcade. Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 and Bionic Commando: Rearmed also have spots in the Top 10."